![]() ![]() As of 1995, Baker's catalog has sold 17 million albums worldwide. It reportedly sold a million copies in its first week alone and eventually became her third consecutive platinum-selling album in the US. It peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 and number seven on the UK Albums Chart. ![]() In 1990, Baker released her fourth studio-album Compositions. To date, the album has sold over 5 million copies worldwide. It also produced the highest-peaking single of her career on the Billboard Hot 100, which notably peaked at number three. Giving You the Best That I Got (1988) became Bakers first and only album to reach number one on Billboard 200. It peaked at number 11 on Billboard 200 and is certified 5× Platinum in the United States. Rapture (1986) remains the best-selling album of her career, with sales of over 8 million copies worldwide. īaker's debut album The Songstress peaked at number twelve on Billboard 's Top R&B Albums and has sold nearly half a million copies worldwide. She has also scored 5 number-one hits on Billboard 's Adult R&B Airplay and 13 top ten hits on Billboard 's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. According to Recording Industry Association of America, Baker has sold 13 million certified albums in the United States, including three multi-platinum albums. Referred as the "Queen of Romantic Quiet-Storm R&B/Soul", she is considered to be one of the most successful and influential R&B artists of the 1980s. ![]() Imagine Baker backed by James Moody, Tom Harrell, Chick Corea, Ray Brown, and Grady Tate.American singer-songwriter Anita Baker has released six studio albums, one compilation & live album, and twenty-four singles. The torchy and captivating "Lonely" shows that she has the ability to record a first-rate jazz album (if Elektra would okay such a project for her). ![]() Clearly blessed with a magnificent range and lots of soul, Baker needs to experiment and take more risks. Though there's a lot to admire here - including "No One to Blame," "Soul Inspiration," and "Whatever It Takes," a song Baker wrote with Gerald LeVert and Marc Gordon of LeVert - Baker's approach was beginning to sound formulaic in 1990. Once again, Baker rejects hip-hop, techno-funk, new jack swing, and other '80s and '90s black music styles in favor of a consistently relaxed soul/pop mood. What stayed the same was the type of material. Powell moved even closer to a '70s-like approach to R&B - recording Baker's vocals live in the studio, employing a live rhythm section, and avoiding drum machines altogether. On Rapture and Giving You the Best That I Got, Anita Baker embraced a blend of technology and "real instruments" - a definite contrast to the completely high-tech approach of so much '80s and '90s R&B. ![]()
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